Implement for dehorning cattle



7 (No Model.)

J. A. POST LE.

IMPLEMENT FOR .DEHORNING CATTLE.

N0. 417,790. Patented Dec. 24, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. POS'ILE, OF ENDIOOTT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E.

' RICE, OF STEELE OITY, NEBRASKA.

IMPLEMENT FOR DEHORNING CATTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,790, dated December24, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,139. (No model.)

'is strengthened and the cutting-power increased, my inventionconsisting in the combination of parts and details of constructionhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is a perspective view of theimplement.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

D D represent two parallel plates connected by the pin cl, which inclosethe handles and jaws at their fulcrums. The lever-handles A A arepivoted between the two plates D D by the pin 0 and are connected withthe jaws by the pairs of connecting links or plates E E, which arepivoted to the handles and to the shanks of thejaws. The jaws arepivoted between the plates D D by the pin b, which passes through theplates and jaws. The jaw B is a thin curved cutting-blade, the line ofthe cutting-edge being convex in shape and terminating at its outer endin a sharp point, as shown in the drawing. The inner or gripping edge ofthe jaw O is concave in shape, and the gripping-face F is slightlybeveled, the bevel falling away from the cutting-surface.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the plates D D, connected by the pin (1, the handlesA A, pivoted between said plates D D, the connecting-links E E, pivotedto the handles and to the shanks of the jaws, and the cutting-jaw B andbeveled gripping-j aw C, pivoted together between said plates D D, asand for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. POSTIJE.

\Vitnesses:

E. W. MCDONALD, CHAS. B. RICE.

